Motorcycle driver arrested after striking police officer in Manhattan

Sunday, October 24, 2021
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A motorcycle driver was arrested and charged after he struck a female police officer in Manhattan Saturday night.

Manhattan resident Brian Weldon, 36, faces a slew of charges including two counts of assault, resisting arrest and reckless endangerment.

The accident happened around 10 p.m. at a motorcycle checkpoint near the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge at Delancey and Suffolk Streets.
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Police said the officer was attempting to stop motorcycle at the checkpoint, when Weldon accelerated and struck a barricade.

The barricade then hit the officer and she suffered a cut.

An ambulance crew took her to the hospital and she was released a few hours later.



Weldon is in police custody. He faces a total of 10 charges.



Police say he didn't have a license and refused to take a breathalyzer.

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